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Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878

Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878: female, 4 hind tibia, 5 tip of ovipositor. (Otu).
Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878: female, 4 hind tibia, 5 tip of ovipositor. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500909; 189af87b-8174-4315-b249-8f3bb012fea4: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500909; 189af87b-8174-4315-b249-8f3bb012fea4: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500909; 189af87b-8174-4315-b249-8f3bb012fea4: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878: 401 [541].

    Syntype; female; 189af87b-8174-4315-b249-8f3bb012fea4; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Sri Lanka

  • Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878 in Chopard, 1936: 64.
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  • Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878 in Chopard, 1969: 221.
  • Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878 in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 513.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Chopard, L. (1936) The Tridactylidae and Gryllidae of Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science Biological Science), 20, 9–87. Available at http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.7321
  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.
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  • Chopard, L. (1969) Orthoptera. Vol. 2. Grylloidea. In The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. i-xviii, 1–421. Available at https://archive.org/details/IndianGrylloidea
  • de Saussure, H. (1878) Mélanges orthoptérologiques. VI. fascicule Gryllides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 25(2), 369–704 [505–834]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122148#page/525/mode/1up
  • Hollier, J.A., Bruckner, H. & Heads, S.W. (2013) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 5: Grylloidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 120(3), 445–535. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202907#page/103/mode/1up
  • Sandrasagara, T.R. (1954) Checklist of the Tridactylidae and Gryllidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) of Ceylon, with records of distribution. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 52, 540–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186987#page/672/mode/1up

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